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Roxy Music was originally called Roxy, naming themselves after a local movie theater. They added the "music" to their name once they realized there was an American band calling themselves Roxy. Submitted by: Bobo

"Eno was ALWAYS better off solo, he just didn't know it. With a huge potential to multi-task, other artists were more than willing to share the spotlight (David Bowie and Robert Fripp to name just a couple). In the seventies, his solo work was creative to the extent that it falls into the category of Jaw-dropping, and made Roxy Music sound very much like Roxy Two-Step"

It doesn't seem reasonable that you can say "this" without an "s" sound being heard... especially since that sound is exaggerated by microphones and even in studios and also live, it often has to be specially processed to be less prominent.

You're steppin' on holy ground Hold it there! I'm fading out your hologram A phoney toothpaste smile Remember when you cry cry cry Your heart out I did mine

Why They're Dated:

'fading out your hologram' - that implies a future development. Well, we now have hologram entertainment, people paying to see holograms of Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur and other dead celebrities. Also, since this song is from 1979, this also indicates that maybe Bryan Ferry & Co. saw the phenomenal movie STAR WARS which came out in 1977 and in the cinemas until 1979. Of course, that flick features hologram messages from Princess Leah smuggled and stored on the R2D2 droid. A little bit of entertainment history for ya!

Submitted by: I Love Foxy Roxy Music

"Manifesto"

The Dated Lyrics:

I am for the man who drives the hammer to rock you till the grave its power drill shocks a million miles away I am for the revolution's coming

Why They're Dated:

Roxy Music and other acts ignited the punk rock/new wave/alternative/indy revolution during their "glam" days and after. When this song came out it was 1979, the revolution had practically set in since there were now a whole "wave" of bands just starting out or soon to come that were inspired by Roxy in some ways like Duran Duran, ABC, Spandau Ballet, Adam and the Ants, the Cure, and more. Even some 'power pop' bands like Cheap Trick were influenced, and even the 'glam metal' bands like Def Leppard were influenced by Roxy. IOW, the revolution Roxy Music helped inspired was already HERE and would greatly influence rock in the Eighties.

2HB means "to Humphrey Bogart" as in the famous movie star. His popular phrase "Here's looking at you, kid" is used repeatedly in the song. That phrase comes from "Casablanca". This song is on Roxy's classic self-titled debut album.

In order to make it rhyme with "fancy," Bryan Ferry pronounces "dilettante" as "dill-uh-TANT-ee," when it is actually "DILL-uh-tont!" (As this song taught me the word "dilettante" in the first place, needless to say, it puzzled me quite a bit!)

In every Dream Home, a Heartache, And every step I take, takes me further from Heaven. Is there a Heaven? I'd like to think so.

Why:

The song is very sobering, but later would have a ravish guitar solo that almost sounding like Jimi Hendrix!...But the whole song is about being in love with a Blow-up doll. Looks like it's a lonely night for him.

We all know about how Roxy Music is an inspiration for punk, new wave, alternative and indy rock in so many ways . The center gatefold spread of their 1972 self-titled debut shows all the band members holding various guitars. Front man Bryan Ferry looks like a glam rock 23rd century Elvis and the other band members were also glammed up and dressed in various exotic costumes. There have been similar album art tributes by bands inspired by Roxy. For instance, for the 1980 Cars album 'Panorama' there's a similar inner spread picture of the Cars holding various guitars. In the 2004 Duran Duran album 'Astronaut' the Fab Five members also pose for a 2-page spread in the CD booklet. They are all holding various model guitars too. The Cars and Duran Duran and many other bands are inspired by Roxy Music and this is one clear way they've shown it!